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Originally Posted by zoomzoomers
Just like how it is in Europe and Asia. Dealerships are usually very small and have only a few cars on in the showroom. You go and literally in and pick out every little option and detail sepreately, like how it should be. Unlike the US where they "package" options for you, because we're stupid. LOL Then you go in and pick the car up when it arrives from the manufacturing plants.
I doubt that we will ever go in that direction here in the US. The dealership network are too powerful to allow that to happen here in the US.  |
At some point an OEM will do it here and the cost savings from overhead will give it a competitive edge over the others using their old system. It will take a while, for the reason you state, but I think it will happen. The internet has already taken away any reason for someone to just lemming onto a lot and buy a car. Why would anyone do that when they can go on Truecar and get a fair price with no hassle? Or at least deal with a good internet sales department, with lower overhead costs and prices. Ignorance/stupidity/fear of computers are the only reasons I can think of. At least two of those will go away over time.